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Bangkok, January 20, 2015--The Committee to Protect Journalists calls on Thailand's military-appointed legislature to scrap proposed legislation that would allow for mass surveillance of online activities and platforms. The Cyber Security Bill was approved this month by Prime Minister Prayuth Chan-ocha's Cabinet and is pending in the National Legislative Assembly.

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Bangkok, April 26, 2013--The Committee to Protect
Journalists welcomes the decision by Thailand's Ministry of Culture to reverse
its earlier imposed ban
on the locally produced documentary Fah
Tam Pan Din Soon (Boundary).

"The ministry's reversal of its censorship order against
director Nontawat Numbchapol's documentary is a step in the right direction,"
said Shawn Crispin, CPJ's senior Southeast Asia representative. "We would
encourage government authorities to reconsider their banning of various other
politically-oriented films, books and websites currently censored."

Bangkok, April 25, 2013--Thailand's Ministry of
Culture has banned the locally produced documentary Fah Tam Pan Din Soon (Boundary) on grounds that it could
"mislead and disrupt public order," according to news reports. The Committee to
Protect Journalists condemns the censorship order and calls on ministry
officials to reverse the arbitrary decision.